The Supply was the smallest ship of the fleet. It was only 170 tons and 70 feet long, and carried just 50 people.
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No. The following ships were those in the First Fleet: HMS Sirius - Gun Supply Ship HMS Supply - Gun Supply Ship The Borrowdale The Fishburn Golden Grove Lady Penrhyn Prince of Wales Scarborough Charlotte The Friendship The Alexander
HMS Sirius - the flagship; HMS Supply - armed storeship; The Alexander - transport and the biggest ship; The Borrowdale -
Captain Arthur Phillip was initially on the HMS Sirius, which was the leading ship of the First Fleet. In November 1787, a month after leaving the Cape of Good Hope, he transferred to the HMS Supply, leaving the Sirius under his second-in-command, Captain John Hunter.The Supply was a smaller and faster ship, so as the Fleet rounded Van Diemen's Land, Phillip forged ahead to form an advance party with the Alexander, Scarborough and Friendship.
Of the eleven ships of the First Fleet to Australia, the two naval escorts were the flagship, the HMS Sirius, and the Supply.
Captain Arthur Phillip was initially on the HMS Sirius, which was the leading ship of the First Fleet. In November 1787, a month after leaving the Cape of Good Hope, he transferred to the HMS Supply, leaving the Sirius under his second-in-command, Captain John Hunter.The Supply was a smaller and faster ship, so as the Fleet rounded Van Diemen's Land, Phillip forged ahead to form an advance party with the Alexander, Scarborough and Friendship.
The flagship of the first fleet was HMS Sirius.
It was the guard ship for the colony and was wrecked on Norfolk Island taking supplies, convicts and soldiers there.
This depends on what is meant by "largest". With a weight of 540 tones, the heaviest ship in the First Fleet was the naval vessel, Sirius. It was believed to be about 100ft long and 32 ft at the beam (its widest point).The largest of the transport ships was Alexander,weighing in at 452 tons and being 114 ft long and 31 ft at the beam.
Australia as a nation did not exist when the First Fleet arrived - it was called either Terra Australis, New Holland or New South Wales. In consequence there was no Australian Navy (that came in 1911, 123 years later). Two Royal Navy ships were part of the First Fleet - HMS Sirius and HMS Supply.
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The piano.The first piano in Australia arrived with Surgeon George Worgan on the First Fleet. It was transported on the HMS Sirius.